Improvement in grain-separators



C. -T. PHILLIPS.

Grain vWnnowerI No. 91,561. Patented June 22, 18,69.

an opening, g, fig. 2, and falls through the spout into of the series,where it again falls into the next chute ci.;

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Letters Patent No. 91,561, dated .Time 22, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN -SEPARATORS The Schedule referred to in theseLetters Patent and making part of the same.

w The line screen f separates cockie from the grain, and discharges itat h. i

This screen Ff is vibrated horizontally by cam-rods t, connecting with acam-shaft, I.

K, iig. 1, is a double-trap arrangement, for passing dirt, chess,`&c.,that `is taken from the grain, out of the chamber (l.

This dirt is thrown downward, so as to yget below the influence of thefan,or draught, by a hanging partition, fm, tig. 1, and thenpassesreadily into the trap.

The strength of the blast through the legs D D, is regulated by valvesn, which are capable of being set in a position to open or close thepassages d, more or less.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, O. T. PHILLIPS, of Jordan, in the county of Onondaga,and State of' New York, have invented an Improved Grain-Separator; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,forming part of this specication, in which.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section, taken in the line x a: inVg. 2. Y

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section, taken in the line y y inV tig. 1.

4Similar letters ct' reference indicatelike parts. Y This inventionrelates to certain new and useful irn- By this construction, the grainis so thoroughly agiprovements in` separators for cleaninggrain,.Whereb,)-' tated, in passing through the several spouts andchutesthe work is done more eiiiciently than heretofore, as l D D c c,'and ateach agitation so exposed anew to the hereinafter explained. Y blast,that it is cleaned iua very perfect manner, and In theaccompanyingdrawings-` a very eiiicient and desirable separator isobtained. A a a is a suction-blast fan, and I do notlclaim broadly aseries of conductors through yB b is its shell, or case. which thegrainpasses, and is subjected to thedraught This fan is placed withinthe chamber C, and the of a fan, as I am aware that this is shown in thepat-v air, in being drawn from the chamber, passes in at the ent of A.Schenck, dated December 3,1867'` but havcentre A ofthe fanfcasing, andis discharged at b; and ing thus described my invention, the air that isthus drawn from the ,chamber G, is re- WhatI claim as new, anddesi're tosecure by Legplaced by a tlow of air upward through blast-spouts D tersPatent, is- D, and valves, or openings ll d. 1. .The blast-faniA,chamber O K, hanging partition The rear Vside of the machine islprovided with a sem, valve-openings n. d, spouts D D, and chutesc e,and ries of' legs, or vertical blast-spouts, D Dl DiDKD, vibratingscreen F j, all constructed and arranged subthrough which the grainfalls successively, until it has stantially as and for the purposeherein set forth.- passed through the whole series of legs, Aor spouts.2. The seriesof vertical spouts D Dl D2 D3 D, cou- .The grain .passesinto the llirst leg, or spout, D, by nected together` by means ofthechutes c e c2 ci, when said spouts are. made to communicate with acommon the chute c; and while fallingthrongh said spout, thefan-chamber, C, in the manner substantially as herein upward blast ofair through the spout removes aportion of the impurities from the grain.

. for the entire series of spouts. The chute c conveys the grain to-thenext spout D 3. The combination and arrangement of thevertical spouts DDl D2 D3, connected together by chutes, the common chamber C, ian A a,and the swinging frame with screens F j; all constructed and arranged tooperate substantially'as described. A l

The'above specification of my invention signed by me, this 9th day ofApril, 1869.

' C. T. PHILLIPS.

and so the grain continues to fall through the several spouts, until ithas reached spout D, or the lastone of the series; `and in fallingthrough eachV spoilt, the grain is exposed to a s trong blast of air,which is drawn upward through all of the `spouts D.

As the grain leaves the spout D4, it falls onto a vii brating screen, F,which separates the.v straws and Witnesses: ,y i coarse dirt; and thegrain, passing through this screen, WM. J. DODGE, falls upon a iinerone, j, and is discharged at H. F. A. MORLEY.

described, whereby a single fan is rendered sutiicient

